Feminism Flashcards

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Charlotte perkins gilman human nature?

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Biological differences between men and women are irrelavant. Women can compete equally with men if allowed to. Men and women have equal brain power. Modern life can allow for women’s equality

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Simmone de Beauvoir views on human nature?

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Gender differences caused by men. Women are second sex is a male constructed. Women are made not born. Girls are socially conditioned into behaviour, freedom is removed from birth.

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Kate Millet views on human nature?

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Women are capable of freedom from males if they engage in lesbian relationships. sexual liberation is crucial for all liberation.

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Shelia Rowbotham views on human nature?

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Women’s consciousness of the world has been created by men. Men cannot understand oppression of women, they recognise it in theory.

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bell hooks views on human nature?

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Women, like men, have multiple identities and experience multiple forms of oppression. Women need to acknowledge their differences whilst accepting others.

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman views on Society?

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Society assigns an inferior role to women and modern society can’t justify this. Women are socialised from a young age to want the role of motherhood and home maker. Replaced by communal living to

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